Application Support Analyst – Murex recruitment

Our clients business is at the very heart of the London banking community and is a stable member and well regarded institution within city finance circles. Our clients IT systems help support the trading of items such as derivative swaps and fixed income products. We are just one of two tier one preferred suppliers and have been established as a key supplier for several years. We have been asked to assist in the hire a of permanent Application Support Analyst 

 Working in a busy I.T. Production department you will be part of the Application Support team. The team consists of 10 staff who work alongside the Software Development team supporting and developing our products. 
This is a Senior Application Support role – resolving Incidents and Problems is a priority. There will be opportunities to work alongside staff in the software development team on new and upcoming projects but this is not the team’s main objective. 
Staff must be used to high pressure banking environments where deadlines are required to be met – some flexibility with working hours is expected. 
Technical skills and experience 
Essential 
• Unix/Solaris 
• Murex 2.11/3.1/3.11 (minimum 2 years current hands-on experience) 
• XML 
• Murex MXML 
• BMC Control-M 
• Oracle/Sybase 
• Shell Scripting/Perl 
Desirable 
• Oracle ESB/ALSB 
• Murex Datamarts 
• Markit 
• Oracle WebLogic 
• Clearcase 
• Experience of working with Java based applications 
• Exposure to ITIL or similar would be an advantage. 

Responsibilities 
• To participate in an office based shift pattern between 0800-1900. This is a global service and is subject to some occasional extended hours beyond this. 
• Be able to provide overnight remote support as part of a rota system. 
• Follow documented incident management procedures 
Thank you for assessing this role spec. This role is being handled by Nick Gordon CertRP FIRP and Peter Hirst CertRP AIRP. Nick has 25 years sector experience and has been key contact with this client for 7 years. Peter has 9 years sector experience and has consistently worked on this account with Nick for the last 7 year period. We have filled many, many roles for this prestigious banking organisation and have an excellent reputation. All applications will be acknowledged and handled confidentially. Deerfoot IT. www.deerfootcityit.co.uk *Ipad referral reward available on this role. *Every time we send a CV to a client we donate £1 to charity.